Macbeth Motifs

Note major concepts (that can be fashioned into more specific themes - refer to Theme/Motif handout on this page. These board notes are a list of quotations

Your task:
  • add to the list of specific recurring images that can be categorized into the nine or so umbrella motif types (e.g., animals, insects; celestial bodies). Note that blood and sleep cannot be broken down further (go to next task).
  • Label each specific motif with one of the six corresponding theme-concept(s) (A, H, F, AR, N, S)
  • find quotations to support the specific images. For example for blood: "blood will have blood they say" (3.4.121).

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